Leader of L1 after two days, Monaco did not manage to achieve the pass of three victories in Nantes this Friday evening (3-3).
Executioner of Clermont and Strasbourg for the past two weeks, AS Monaco could well see themselves chained to Nantes this Friday evening as a curtain raiser for the 3e lifting of Ligue 1. Faced with the Canaries in need of benchmarks, weighed down for their part by two defeats already suffered in front of Toulouse and Lille, the Monegasques however had to share the points (3-3). At the end of a spectacular match and still marked by beautiful refereeing inaccuracies.
Carried by a boiling Beaujoire, the FCN fought the battle it took to win. In vain. On a largesse from Zakaria, Mohamed was able to open the scoring quickly from the penalty spot (1-0, 5e). An opener very quickly followed by a break, secured with a header by a Castelletto who on the previous action should have been penalized for a foul in the penalty area (2-0, 15e).
An inexplicably silent VAR
Before the half-hour mark however, Minamino, definitely in form at the start of the season, revived ASM with a header placed under Descamps’ bar (2-1, 27e). Certainly put back in the direction of travel, the players of the Rock nevertheless paid for their new defensive largesse at the start of the second period. For the double of the opportunist Mohamed (3-1, 48e). Tired for Nantes, Monaco came back into the game thanks to the essential Ben Yedder (3-2, 58e). Then Boadu, in the money time, found the fault a few seconds after entering the field to equalize (3-3, 85e).
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The match point, however, went to the locals, who believed in the feat while Ganago at the start of additional time sped towards goal before being dried in the area by Singo (90e+1). Surprisingly, here again, the VAR remained silent and left Mr. Pignard in the wrong. The 22 actors that said have well deserved this sharing of points this evening at the opening of a 3e championship act launched at top speed. Still leading, ASM will probably be joined in the lead over the weekend.
